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About

El Salvador-Canada Trade: In 2022, El Salvador exported $92.1M to Canada. The main products that El Salvador exported to Canada were Raw Sugar ($39.3M), Knit Sweaters ($8.11M), and Knit T-shirts ($5.46M). Over the past 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Canada have increased at an annualized rate of 10.1%, from $56.9M in 2017 to $92.1M in 2022.

In 2022, El Salvador did not export any services to Canada.

Canada-El Salvador Trade: In 2022, Canada exported $126M to El Salvador. The main products that Canada exported to El Salvador were Wheat ($62.1M), Inedible Fats and Oils ($6.69M), and Packaged Medicaments ($6.56M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Canada to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 14.8%,  from $63.2M in 2017 to $126M in 2022.

In 2020, Canada exported services to El Salvador worth $9.69M, with Travel ($9.69M) being the largest in terms of value.

Comparison: In 2022,  El Salvador ranked 68 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.029), and 114 in total exports ($7.47B). That same year, Canada ranked 31 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.92), and 9 in total exports ($587B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, El Salvador exported $92.1M to Canada. The main products exported from El Salvador to Canada were Raw Sugar ($39.3M), Knit Sweaters ($8.11M), and Knit T-shirts ($5.46M). During the last 5 years the exports of El Salvador to Canada have increased at an annualized rate of 10.1%, from $56.9M in 2017 to $92.1M in 2022.

In 2017, Canada exported $126M to El Salvador. The main products exported from Canada to El Salvador were Wheat ($62.1M), Inedible Fats and Oils ($6.69M), and Packaged Medicaments ($6.56M). During the last 5 years the exports of Canada to El Salvador have increased at an annualized rate of 14.8%, from $63.2M in 2022 to $126M in 2017.

Exports from El Salvador (Flag) to Canada (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Canada (Flag) to El Salvador (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between El Salvador (Flag) and Canada (Flag)

El Salvador Exports

Canada Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
El Salvador
Top Destination
United States$2.87B
Canada
Top Destination
United States$438B

This map shows whether countries import more from El Salvador or Canada. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from El Salvador and Canada or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from El Salvador than Canada included Honduras ($1.18B), Guatemala ($1.21B), and Nicaragua ($497M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Canada than El Salvador included United States ($438B), China ($25.4B), and Japan ($14.3B).

Difference in imports from Canada (Flag) and El Salvador (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage El Salvador - Canada

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between El Salvador and Canada by product, considering products traded by both, El Salvador and Canada.

During 2022, El Salvador had a large net trade with Canada in the exports of Foodstuffs ($39.9M), Textiles ($33.7M), and Vegetable Products ($7.39M).

During 2017, Canada had a large net trade with El Salvador in the exports of Vegetable Products ($63.8M), Chemical Products ($11.5M), and Machines ($9.29M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential El Salvador Canada+$9.28MKnit Sweaters
Top Product Potential Canada El Salvador+$5.52MPackaged Medicaments

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Bilateral Service Trade

In 2020, Canada exported services to El Salvador worth $9.69M, with Travel ($9.69M) being the largest in terms of value.

Service trade data is presented based on availability.

Services Exports from Canada (Flag) to El Salvador (Flag) (2020)

Service Trade

Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of El Salvador and Canada. This means that a dot/product with the flag of El Salvador indicates it has a comparative advantage over Canada. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Canada indicates it has a comparative advantage over El Salvador.

Product Space of El Salvador (Flag) and Canada (Flag) (2022)

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